Monday, February 11, 2013

PETER PAN'S CATHY RIGBY SOARS INTO THE PALACE THEATER

Cathy
Rigby is still flying high and she doesn't plan to come back down to
earth anytime soon. Since the time she garnered honors as the
highest-scoring American gymnast in the 1968 Summer Olympics at the age
of sixteen, she has been an American sweetheart. Now at the age of
sixty, she is still young enough in heart and spirit to continue to
capture the essence of that never-grow-up kid "Peter Pan."

This
purportedly shy young lady, just retired from gymnastics due to an
injury, at twenty years of age, was offered this role that has now
become synonymous with her name: Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan. Grab some
fairy dust and head over to the Palace Theater in Waterbury for four
performances Friday-Sunday, February 15-17 to see this high flying gal
who promises to stay young forever.

Join hands with the Darling
children, Wendy, Michael and John, as they are spirited out of their
London townhouse by an adventurous lad named Peter and taught how to
fly, fly all the way to the magical place called Neverland. There Wendy
will quickly become a surrogate mother to a whole troupe of Lost Boys,
befriend a tribe of Indians, meet an enchanted fairy named Tinker Bell,
and come face to face with a band of fierce pirates headed by the
scariest of them all, Captain Hook. There is even a crotchety crocodile.

J.
M. Barrie's classic tale will come magically to life as Cathy Rigby,
who has been capturing the role since 1990, soars through the air to
ever higher and higher heights.

Before the Friday, February 15
production, a dinner will be held at 6 p.m. at the Poli Club upstairs.
Catered by Emily's Catering Group, the three-course dinner will cost
$62.50 per person, including tax, service fees, coffee and tea. A cash
bar will be available. Call the box office for reservations.